80% FAIL RATE: Meet 13 Of The Many New York City Restaurants That Closed Last Year

Eight hundred of them will go out of business within the next five years.

Those scary statistics come from the documentary Eat This New York. It's a few years old, but we wouldn't be surprised if the fail rate is higher due to increased competition and a crappy economy.

For restaurants that survive, the rewards are a share of the state's impressive $31 billion in annual sales, according to the National Restaurant Association.

What kind of mistakes drive a restaurant out of business? We studied 13 restaurants that closed in the past year, some which lasted only months, others which lasted decades. And we found their best and worst reviews on Yelp.